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Mini Golden Snitch Sweater Pattern

As a librarian and crafter, I have quite the crop of DIY-loving and bookish friends, and my pal Marissa at Rae Gun Ramblings is at the intersection of both worlds. She blogs about books and crafts, and often her crafts are inspired by books. In honor of Harry Potter’s birthday on July 31, she’s hosting a fun blog tour/party thing where she, I and a bunch of other excellent bloggers share our best Harry Potter crafts. About a year ago, I shared a mini Weasley sweater pattern, and this year, I’m taking that idea up a notch by tweaking the pattern and adding a golden snitch to the front.

The finished sweater is about 4.5 inches tall, and this time, I designed it in a cotton yarn for added stitch (or should I say snitch!) definition. Just like last year’s mini sweater, I used a simple bottom-up raglan sweater construction. If you’ve never knit a sweater, but are comfortable on DPNs, this is a great first sweater project for you. If you need help doing any step of this pattern, check out last fall’s bottom-up raglan sweater knit along tutorials for how to work through each step of the sweater knitting process in detail. And hey! If colorwork (or even just tiny colorwork) freaks you out, you can always just knit a plain sweater following this pattern – just skip the color part. Easy!

Pattern

Knit the sleevesCO 10 sts1-4. k1, p1.5-20. k around. (16 rnds)
After each sleeve is knitted, place next to sweater body on holder or DPNs.

Join the sleeves & shape the topPlace 2 sts from each sleeve and 2 sts per side on safety pins or scrap yarn (4 sts per armpit, 8 sts total will be on holders). You will now be working with 44 sts. Distribute 11 sts on 4 DPNs before beginning. For the following, each rnd begins at outside edge of the right sleeve.

Looks like my technique has improved a bit since last year! Plus, the yarn used for this year’s sweater doesn’t have an artificial fiber running through it, so errors in technique blocked out beautifully compared to last year. Funny how much your fiber content makes a difference. :)

Giveaway info!

It’s not a good birthday without any presents, right? Marissa is hosting a humongous Harry Potter giveaway along with the blog tour. If you’re a Harry Potter fan (or even were in a past life!), you should check out the great project ideas from the crew of awesome bloggers Marissa has assembled. Then, you can enter to win this amazing prize pack!

The September Bookish Box from Appraising Pages (includes a shirt by Appraising Pages Shop and 3-5 feminine home, beauty, and fashion items)

About Heidi

Heidi Gustad is a knitting, crochet and crafts designer. She first learned to knit at age 8 from a grandmother who saw in her a need for something to keep her busy. She's now a full time designer, video host, blogger & teacher. You can keep up with her designs and more by following handsoccupied on your favorite social network.

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